The owner of three small businesses cannot take a week off for their wedding because they are the only person who knows how to run payroll across different systems, and they cannot find a way to delay pay date or train a substitute without disruption.

Workarounds Described

• Considering bringing laptop on vacation to do payroll manually
• Could teach a senior employee but expects to get calls to explain it
• Keeping all passwords stored on personal computer, not sharing

Implied Software Gaps

• Software that allows secure delegation of payroll to a temporary user without sharing passwords
• Software that permits one-time pay date changes with legal compliance
• Software that guides a substitute through the exact payroll steps for multiple business systems

VacationPay

VacationPay is a payroll delegation and backup system for small business owners. It allows setting a temporary proxy user with limited, time-bound access to run payroll on schedule without sharing permanent passwords or requiring extensive training. It also offers a payroll scheduling override to adjust pay dates for one-off events, with compliance checks.